Perfumes in Dialogue with One Another (Sniffapalooza Magazine)

Perfumes in Dialogue with One Another By Elena Vosnaki If perfumes have voices ~some huskily seductive, some crystal-shattering, and others yet melodiously insistent~ it is not enough to question what they are saying or even how, but it is equally... More

Perfumes in Dialogue with One Another By Elena Vosnaki If perfumes have voices ~some huskily seductive, some crystal-shattering, and others yet melodiously insistent~ it is not enough to question what they are saying or even how, but it is equally important to ask ourselves to whom and when they are formulating their utterances. Do they speak to those we come in contact with (undoubtedly so!), do they tell tales to the wearer or do they sometimes also talk to one another? If we truly wear perfumes first and foremost for ourselves, just how significant is this latter internal dialogue? In “Opera aperta”, Umberto Eco argued that literary texts are fields of meaning, rather than strings of meaning. He proposed therefore that texts are open and internally dynamic, thus deeply engaging from a psychological point of view. Literature works repressing potential understanding to a single, unequivocal line are the least rewarding, according to this view, while those that are mo Less